Crossing boundaries refer to the collaboration between Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT) and Paulus Joubert Secondary School Website address digitalknowledge.cput.ac.za:8081/.../bro wse?...Whittles%2C+Kalvin... ‎ 1 Title of Project: Learner skills development: crossing boundaries Portfolio Section C

2 Introduction and background Rationale  Request from the school for learner development in ICT  Lack of resources  Do complete assignments electronically and to retrieve information from the Internet.  Learners can applied the necessary skills learned to complete school assignments  Start date: January 2014  Still on going Portfolio Section C

3 Description of the project  Microsoft package/2010 Word Excel and PowerPoint Strengths  Learners are able to use skills to complete assignments at school  Retrieve information on Internet  The use of facilities Weaknesses  Different skills levels of learners, some never worked with computers before  Not having access to computers at school and home to practice skills learned  Internet sometimes slow of off and a few power failures Portfolio Section C

4 Major partners  CPUT: Supply of computers  Paulus Joubert Secondary School  Community: Parents of learners  Major stakeholder: CPUT Service Learning Department Portfolio Section C

5 Who initiated the process? o Teachers from the school o Community leaders o Alumni of school Who were the target beneficiaries?  Learners  Community Who were the service providers? o CPUT information department Portfolio Section C

How did the initiative work? o Learners travelled from school to CPUT for computer sessions o All sessions were presented by final year students and Dr Kalvin Whittles of the Mathematics Department 6Portfolio Section C

Was there a local champion?  Denise Ontong who liaised with the school and CPUT and she’s also a representative of school’s Alumni association  She was project’s link with the institutions and community 7Portfolio Section C